The festival of video-art and experimental cinema REFORMAT 13 has risen a few questions about the perspectives of these genres in the region. One of the most important questions is still the same: what role does Orientalism play in the experimental cinema of the region?

It is not easy to define the logic and the objectives of the Lazy Art events that often edge on the grotesque and absurd. Ulan Japarov, one of the masterminds of the residence, said: ‘Lazy Art is very much like a break between classes at school’

On 7-14 July 2013 the hospitable yurt camp of the Taijiquan Federation of Kyrgyzstan located on the picturesque southern shore of Issyk Kul, hosted the 5th anniversary event ‘Lazy Art’ which assembled a couple of dozens of Central Asian contemporary artists and curators.

The age of digital photography has been characterised by a few well-documented and often discussed phenomena such as a wide access to hi-tech equipment, ‘visual turn’, the role of social networks and so on